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Below is an instruction that describes a task, paired with an input that provides further context. Write a response that appropriately completes the request.

### Instruction:
Analyze the literary devices used in this excerpt

### Input:
He was alone in the rain, a solitary figure cloaked in a deep, dark sadness.

### Response:
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The literary devices used in this excerpt include imagery to convey the atmosphere of loneliness and sadness, personification to give human characteristics to the rain, and repetition of the sound "sss" in the words "solitary" and "cloaked" to emphasize the sense of loneliness and sadness.